A female peregrine falcon that has called San Jose City Hall home since 2007 is a mother again, and city officials are asking children to suggest names for her three new offspring, a city spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Three of the four eggs laid this spring by Clara the falcon, in a nestbox shared by her mate Fernando El Cohete on a ledge on City Hall’s 18th floor, have hatched, said Michelle McGurk, spokeswoman for Mayor Chuck Reed.

The city, as it has since Clara saw three eggs hatch in 2007 with a previous mate Jose, is holding a naming contest for her latest family additions open to kids aged 5 to 18 who live in San Jose, McGurk said.

Each entry must be an original artwork, essay, video or song to be screened by a panel of judges and the finalist selected by the San Jose Peregrine Falcon Discussion Group made up of online fans of Clara and Fernando, McGurk said.

Fernando is Clara’s third mate since the University of California, Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group installed the nestbox at City Hall six years ago in hopes that a pair of falcons seen in the area in 2006 would nest there.

The winning names for Clara’s three falcon chicks, or eyas, in 2007, submitted by middle schools in San Jose, were Spirit and Esperanza for the females and Hiko for the lone male.

Winners this year are to receive a commendation from Mayor Reed at a City Council meeting, two free passes to the Happy Hollow Park and Zoo and a school assembly with Glenn Stewart, who researches the falcon nest for UC Santa Cruz.

All of Clara’s chicks since 2007 have received identification bands from researchers to track their movements after they are able to leave the nest, McGurk said.

After Jose left in 2008, Clara and a new male falcon, or tiercel, named Carlos had four chicks and in 2009 Clara had four hatch with a new mate, Esteban Colbert.

In 2010, two of four chicks Clara and Esteban had died and in 2012, Clara hatched four chicks but Fernando drove Esteban out of the nest, McGurk said.

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